MarkAug 13, 2025

‘We went to hell and back to achieve this result:’ SBU chief on #Ukraine’s #OperationSpiderweb strike on #Russian #bombers

#Spiderweb a “unique, multi-stage special operation” that involved logistics, agent work, communications, and #covert delivery.

Maliuk added that the SBU drew on methods used to combat transnational #OrganizedCrime, studying how international drug #cartels #smuggle #contraband past customs and border control.

https://kyivindependent.com/we-went-to-hell-and-back-to-achieve-this-result-sbu-chief-on-ukraines-operation-spiderweb-strike-on-russian-bombers/

#RussianImperialism #StandWithUkraine

'We went to hell and back to achieve this result' – SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers

To prepare for Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine’s Security Service adopted tactics used in fighting transnational organized crime, studying how international drug cartels move contraband past customs and border controls, SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk said in an interview aired on Aug. 12.

The Kyiv Independent
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jul 31, 2025

‘Stop hiding #animals in #weird places’: Woman attempted to #smuggle two #turtles in her #bra at #airport, #TSA says

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/28/stop-hiding-animals-weird-places-woman-attempted-smuggle-two-turtles-her-bra-airport-tsa-says/

‘Stop hiding animals in weird places’: Woman attempted to smuggle two turtles in her bra at airport, TSA says

A woman in Florida attempted to smuggle two turtles through security at Miami International Airport by hiding them in her bra, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

Fox 5 Las Vegas
Observatoire des armementsFeb 5, 2025
[ARTICLE] Role of #UAE in #Sudan: "As the RSF perpetrates genocidal attacks on civilians in Darfur and other regions, Abu Dhabi is delivering #arms to the militia. Meanwhile, unscrupulous companies #smuggle Sudanese gold into Emirati markets, fueling the #conflict."
[LIEN] https://www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/uaes-secret-war-sudan
The UAE’s Secret War in Sudan

How international pressure can stop the genocidal violence.

Foreign Affairs
Houston Public MediaJan 9, 2025

Personal mobility aids are no longer allowed inside the Harris County Jail after a loaded pistol was found inside a prisoner's personal wheelchair, where the gun had been hidden for more than a month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/01/09/510168/personal-mobility-aids-no-longer-allowed-in-the-harris-county-jail-after-guards-find-hidden-handgun/

#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #PublicSafety #Gun #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #Smuggle #Wheelchair

Personal mobility aids no longer allowed in the Harris County Jail after guards find hidden handgun

The policy change went into effect immediately after detention officers found a loaded handgun inside a seat cushion attached to a prisoner's personal wheelchair.

Houston Public Media
Catherine Collingwood EstesJan 5, 2025
I was not surprised to learn that #HumanSmugglers are complicated people, that nobody chooses to be #smuggle, that it’s a kind of brutal occupation. What I didn’t expect was, it’s not very lucrative. https://buff.ly/3PoqQRC
He spent years shadowing smugglers in Mexico. This is what he learned

Jason De León spent seven years shadowing smugglers who guide migrants through Mexico to the US. Their work, he argues, is dangerous and far more complicated than typical media portrayals suggest.

CNN
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Oct 12, 2024

Woman pleads guilty to trying to #smuggle 29 turtles across a #Vermont lake into #Canada by kayak

https://ground.news/article/woman-pleads-guilty-to-trying-to-smuggle-29-turtles-across-a-vermont-lake-into-canada-by-kayak_d7e1de?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wa

Ground News
usbs-usaOct 12, 2024
At 1000 per #Tutle
It is #tempting to try to #smuggle #turtles from #Vermont into #Canada
https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/woman-pleads-guilty-turtle-smuggling/507-1db2f126-d54d-4e6e-b271-cb367c3f4f9a
Heiko SchulzSep 27, 2024
Very late TBT due to illness. Finally all the hustle and bustle in Dublin became clear: Queen Paola of Belgium and her husband King Albert II of Belgium were visiting. And thanks to the big Dynax 7D I was able to smuggle myself spontaneously between the press photographers. Pictures that you don't get so easily - you would have done exactly the same, right? Dublin. 2007

#tbt #ireland #dublin #dynax7d #KonicaMinolta #sigma75200 #digitalphotography #2007 #queen #king #belgium #paola #albertII #PaolaRuffodiCalabria #visit #press #smuggle #opportunity #highlight
John EarleDec 15, 2023

Journalist smuggled into Gaza witnesses horror. This is why they keep the press out | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/12/15/journalist-smuggled-into-gaza-witnesses-horror-this-is-why-they-keep-the-press-out/

#journalist #Clarissa Ward #smuggle #Gaza #witness #war #Israel #Hamas #effect #civilians

Journalist smuggled into Gaza witnesses horror. This is why they keep the press out

Yashar Ali’s full ‘X’ post is as follows: CNN’s @clarissaward is the first Western journalist to enter Gaza since October 7. She did not enter Gaza with the IDF. Like most m…

Vox Political
Show threadNonilexSep 13, 2023
#Russia subverted American #ExportControls using its #intelligence services & ministry of defense to run #illicit networks of people who #smuggle key components by exporting them to other countries from which they can be shipped to Russia more easily. In less than a year since the war began, Russia rebuilt #trade in critical components by routing them through countries like #Armenia & #Turkey.